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two sections, drawn to 'the accompanyiug scale, which will, I believe, 

 place the details and measurements of this most useful hive within 

 the power of any such to comprehend or, indeed, commit to memory 

 •while working. 



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Keeping strictly in view the original description as given by 

 -the designer, and avoiding technicalities and fractional parts of an 

 inch as much as possible, the principal dimensions will, for all 

 practical purposes, be found correct. The outline ti'acings are 



12 ins. dins. 



Scale. 



ift. 



2 ft. 



Ins. 



Feet. 



from drawings of my own hives, made in 1892, and the following 

 description applies to them : — 



The floor-board, covering- of Toof;- casings, bodj'- and surplus- 

 boxes, are made of selected American yellow pine half an inch 

 thick off the saw, ^nd if cut with the perfection of nowadays, all 

 the dressing required is a skim over with a hand-plane to remove 

 the saw marks. If this is attended to, it will be found, when the 

 hive is put together, that the outside sizes marked on plan tally 



